Jacques Becker

Jacques Becker

ActorWriterDirectorDirectingProduction Sep 15 (died age 53) Paris, France 1929–1978 (49 year career)

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Biography

Jacques Becker (French: [bɛkɛʁ]; 15 September 1906 – 21 February 1960) was a French screenwriter and film director. Becker first worked in the 1930s as an assistant to director Jean Renoir during what is considered the latter's peak period, including such works as Partie de campagne (1936) and La Grande Illusion (1937). In the early part of World War II, Becker was held in a German prisoner-of-war camp for a year. During the Nazi occupation of France, he became a film director in his own right …

Known For

Le Trou

Le Trou

Dialogue

Grand Illusion

Grand Illusion

L'officier anglais

Touchez Pas au Grisbi

Touchez Pas au Grisbi

Director

Casque d'Or

Casque d'Or

Adaptation

A Day in the Country

A Day in the Country

Seminarian (uncredited)

Boudu Saved from Drowning

Boudu Saved from Drowning

Le Poète (uncredited)

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Director

The Lovers of Montparnasse

The Lovers of Montparnasse

Director

Filmography

Acting (12)

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Movies (10)

Cinéastes de notre temps : Jacques Becker

as Self (archive footage)

The Adventures of Arsène Lupin

The Adventures of Arsène Lupin

as The crown prince

On the Set of 'Casque D'Or'

On the Set of 'Casque D'Or'

as Self (Archive Footage)

A Day in the Country

A Day in the Country

as Seminarian (uncredited)

Grand Illusion

Grand Illusion

as L'officier anglais

Life Is Ours

Life Is Ours

as Le jeune chômeur

Pitiless Gendarme

Pitiless Gendarme

as Un Saint-Cyrien

Chotard and Co.

Chotard and Co.

as Un invité au bal costumé (uncredited)

Boudu Saved from Drowning

Boudu Saved from Drowning

as Le Poète (uncredited)

Le Bled

Le Bled

as Un ouvrier agricole

Television (2)

Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma

as Self (archive footage)

Cinépanorama

Cinépanorama

as Self

Crew (39)

Movies (39)

Le Trou

Le Trou

Dialogue

Le Trou

Le Trou

Director

Le Trou

Le Trou

Screenplay

The Lovers of Montparnasse

The Lovers of Montparnasse

Director

The Lovers of Montparnasse

The Lovers of Montparnasse

Screenplay

The Adventures of Arsène Lupin

The Adventures of Arsène Lupin

Director

The Adventures of Arsène Lupin

The Adventures of Arsène Lupin

Writer

Touchez Pas au Grisbi

Touchez Pas au Grisbi

Director

Touchez Pas au Grisbi

Touchez Pas au Grisbi

Screenplay

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Director

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Writer

Rue de l'estrapade

Rue de l'estrapade

Director

Casque d'Or

Casque d'Or

Adaptation

Casque d'Or

Casque d'Or

Dialogue

Casque d'Or

Casque d'Or

Director

Casque d'Or

Casque d'Or

Screenplay

Edward and Caroline

Edward and Caroline

Director

Edward and Caroline

Edward and Caroline

Writer

Rendezvous in July

Rendezvous in July

Director

Rendezvous in July

Rendezvous in July

Writer

Antoine & Antoinette

Antoine & Antoinette

Director

Antoine & Antoinette

Antoine & Antoinette

Writer

A Day in the Country

A Day in the Country

First Assistant Director

Paris Frills

Paris Frills

Director

Paris Frills

Paris Frills

Writer

It Happened at the Inn

It Happened at the Inn

Adaptation

It Happened at the Inn

It Happened at the Inn

Director

The Trump Card

The Trump Card

Director

Cristobal's Gold

Cristobal's Gold

Director

Grand Illusion

Grand Illusion

First Assistant Director

The Great Hope

The Great Hope

Director

Life Is Ours

Life Is Ours

Director

Life Is Ours

Life Is Ours

Writer

Pitiless Gendarme

Pitiless Gendarme

Director

Pitiless Gendarme

Pitiless Gendarme

Screenplay

Boudu Saved from Drowning

Boudu Saved from Drowning

Assistant Director

Night at the Crossroads

Night at the Crossroads

Assistant Director

Night at the Crossroads

Night at the Crossroads

Production Manager

Y'en a pas deux comme Angélique

Y'en a pas deux comme Angélique

Assistant Director